spring&fallwidow,

I don't know what to tell you except to throw out the Myst Online Application and start over again. It is critical that the UruLauncher.exe file is replaced in the application. Just be sure that in step 3, the old UruLauncher.exe file is replaced by the new one. If it is not, it will not work or if it is deleted and not replaced, it will not launch. (I did a test and deleted the UruLauncher.exe file instead of replacing it and it would not even launch. So make sure that the new UruLauncher.exe file is in the URU Live folder.)

Also, once the UruLauncher.exe is replaced, you should see the URU Live Updater Connecting to the Server, then Checking for Updates followed by Updating URU. Once you are at Updating URU, be patient. It will take a few to several hours, depending on your connection speed, to download the necessary files from the server.

Hope this helps.

Ah ha! I had deleted the old and then replaced so I did as you said and I now have the updating uru bar! Thanks so much!!!

I can't wait to get back into Myst!

spring&fallwidow,

Glad I could help! I guess I have made it my personal crusade to get more Macs into Myst Online/URU Live. I do not know why there is not a Myst application with the updated UruLauncher.exe file available somewhere, but it may have to do with legal issues. Anyways, welcome back to URU Live!

GAH!
A 20 page long thread and somewhere it says where a wine installation puts the game data files so I can put them there myself... I have been searching for 20 minutes. Please humor me!

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Last edited by Reverend Vader on Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:52 pm; edited 2 times in total

( I tried to post this before so if it shows up twice I apologize).

I can't get the cider wrapper to work. I have OSX 10.6.8 2.4GHz intel core 2 duo


Rehdalle and Rainbow helpfully posted



. However, if you are looking for the easiest solution (in my opinion) to getting MOUL up and running on your Intel Mac, doing it yourself by hand using the following instructions paraphrased from Rainbow should get you up and running MOUL on the Mac without loading additional software and without too much fuss.

1. Download the old Mac client from Gametap, mount the disk image, and copy Myst Online.app to your Applications folder


This seems to work as the computer said "disk image mounted" and I can move the icon of the book into my applications file



2. Download the UruLauncher.exe file here.


one problem I have is here which do I download?

Last modified Size
[DIR] Parent Directory -
[ ] UruLauncher.exe-1.887.zip 04-Sep-2012 17:52 310K
[ ] UruLauncher.exe-1.893.zip 04-Sep-2012 17:52 310K
[ ] mac_myst_setup.dmg 04-Sep-2012 17:52 36M


I tried each exe file individually but nothing happened. Do I need any of the others? I have never unzipped files but looked it up. So I unzip it on my desktop and a new icon appears? and I put that new icon in the folder?


3. Replace UruLauncher.exe in /Applications/Myst Online.app/Contents/Resources/Myst Online.app/Contents/ Resources/transgaming/c_drive/Program Files/Uru Live with the new copy.

Once you have the new UruLauncher.exe, how do you put it inside Myst Online.app? You can do it in the Finder:

In the Applications folder, Control-click Myst Online.app. and highlight "Show Package Contents". In the resulting window, go into Contents, then Resources, then Control-click again on this Myst Online.app. Again navigate into Contents > Resources > transgaming > c_drive > Program Files > Uru Live. Drag the new UruLauncher.exe from wherever you put it on your hard drive into this folder and replace the old one.[/quote]



I put the new one in, dragged the old one to the trash, emptied the trash.

How do I launch it? I tried clicking on the book in applications but it just appeared in the dock briefly. I tried clicking on the launcher file.

I started over by dragging the book icon to the trash and emptying the trash. Did that uninstall it adequately? If any stray exe files I unzipped are somewhere on my desktop or downloads file would they interfere?

Then I downloaded the cider wrapper again and tried the exe files again.

I went to the Cyan site to see if I had to download from there but they want to open a new account and I used my only email to download on our windows machine.

My son and I want to explore together, can anything be done?

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ventris wrote:

How do I launch it? I tried clicking on the book in applications but it just appeared in the dock briefly. I tried clicking on the launcher file.

Try with Activity Monitor to see if there are any Uru Live processes active (they have the same icon) and close them.

ventris wrote:

I went to the Cyan site to see if I had to download from there but they want to open a new account and I used my only email to download on our windows machine.

That wouldn't work anyway, as for the moment no new accounts can be created

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ventris wrote:

one problem I have is here which do I download?

Use UruLauncher.exe-1.893.zip, I just tried it and can confirm that it still works.

ventris wrote:

I tried each exe file individually but nothing happened. Do I need any of the others? I have never unzipped files but looked it up. So I unzip it on my desktop and a new icon appears? and I put that new icon in the folder?

You only need the one. Double-click it to unzip it, and a new file called UruLauncher.exe will appear. Put that in the folder as described.

ventris wrote:

I put the new one in, dragged the old one to the trash, emptied the trash.

If you did it in this order, then you must have done something wrong. There is already an UruLauncher.exe in the location in question, so if you drag the new one in before removing the old one, you would be asked whether you want to replace it, and if you do, the old one is no longer there to drag to the trash. Did you perchance move UruLauncher.exe-1.893.zip instead of UruLauncher.exe, trash the new one you just added, or choose the wrong folder?

ventris wrote:

How do I launch it? I tried clicking on the book in applications but it just appeared in the dock briefly. I tried clicking on the launcher file.

That is the correct way of launching it. The symptom you describe is consistent with what happens when there is no UruLauncher.exe in the required location.

ventris wrote:

I started over by dragging the book icon to the trash and emptying the trash. Did that uninstall it adequately?

Yes.

Thankyou everyone, I'm now to the "stuck on checking for patcher update" stage, but still have the following questions.

korovev wrote:

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That wouldn't work anyway, as for the moment no new accounts can be created

Are you saying t this does not apply when using the Cider Wrapper? And If I need a new account can I create it with the same email I used on our windows machine?

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Hi

I have a new mac, and I installed the old Gametap app on it.
This is my experience:
First I located myst online folder, opened it and found the URULauncher file in it, trashed it and dropped the new downloaded URULauncher file on the open myst online folder. It didn't work, the file ended up in the wrong place in the folder.
Then I reinstalled Myst online app, got to the mystonline folder, but didn't open it. I just dropped the new file on the closed folder and replaced the old one, then it worked

Kneb